The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-11-17
TIreless Wagging Jaws
Chewing Gum and-Its Many
Warm Admirers lll
Both Sexes.

Said Mr., William Fl. Jones. q
travelling man from q large chew
ing gum house in Brooklyn, N. Y.
ss he sat smoking q cigar IN the Ho-
tel Emery last night:
''The chewing gum industry p
Why, you have no idea of Its mag
nitude. 1t was some thirty yeart
ago that my business occupations
took me into the Southern States,
with an occasional jaunt over into
Mexico. became very much In.
terested in the natural products OF
that country. and among the speci
mems that l brought with me was
one of the gum chicls which be-
longs to the Concha family of gums.
This chicls was unknown in the
New York market. ard as it has
some of the properties of India rub
bsr. can be used to adulterate tho
latter article, and is much cheaper.
Imported q very large;quantlty Of
it.
Experiments were made 10 utll
lze it for various purposes, but
meeting WITH no success, for its val
no was not recognized. Afterwards
1 struck happy vain of thought.
While was purchasing some candy
IA small shop in New York a liz
l e girl cams in an | aske dior q PEN
ny's worth Of mostic chewing gum.
At once l remembered that the na.
tive Mexicans used chicle for chew
ing gum and that they travel long
distances on foot, and in carriages
or on horseback, that the. always
carry along stock of this gum to
relieve drynsss of the throat. They
are very fond of the article which
they use as a diet.
Tne Indians collect it in the for
ests and carry it in large quantities
to the market. The fruit of the
tree from which the gum exudes is
about the size of an apple and deli |
c'ous in favor. 1t is called the Sa-
podillo and is sometimes brought to
the New York market. So l be.
gan TO experiment with chicle.
4'How did you succeed2'
"When we found that fine white
substance was produced, We applied
for and obtained patent, and our
varieties Of chewing gum are the re
suit. / first sold it in New JERSEY.
We placed some of our gum in
small shop In Hudson City. and the
boys and girls soon caught on TO it
and from that time, some seven.
teen years ago. in such q humble
way, our trade began"
"Other people chew gum besides
Americans ?"
"Oh, yes; the English are great
gum chewing nation and perhaps
we inherit our gum chewing pro-
clivities from them. Then the ma.
tives of nearly all countries chew ,
gum, the women more than the
men. 1t is said that the habit of
chewing gum originated with the .
barbaric females of some of the At. ,
rican Races. The jaw of the vain :
hearted Maine girl chew. spruce ,
gum. the glrls who visit the Adj
rondacks serape the gum from the :
tamarac trees to use rs a cud, and :
the Southern women chew the i
sweet gum from the sweet gum trees. I
Girls. particularly school girls must |
have something to chew. N
The Boston girl takes to picked i
lines, the New York girl munches G
chalk and slate pencils, the Ciucin- 7
natl girl loves tolu aud the poor f
whites of the South dip snuff. Men G
chew gum to cure themselves of \
using tobacco, and many persons of
both sexes 10 cure the dyspepsia"
@Is no: the habit kind of femi.
nine one e.
"All | can say is that l1,000,-
600 worth of chewing gum is sold j.
every year IN the United Staies.-lv v
Schoo! children, boys and girls are u
the largest consumers. of course. a
Bicycle riders always chew gum. so Il
10 roller skaters of either sex, when
in motion. Dentists say the habit Il
Of chewing gum of good manufaet- 7
IRE improves the teeth of the pa a
tents US 1t does their breath. Then Al
The Mormons are great gum chew n
srs. They reason that women can
act gossip much If they have pien- te
y of chewing gum. The natives of "
he Sandwich Islands and the Chin Il
. have discovered the merits of ol
chewing gum. So it is easy TO be- re
aeve that the Americans are q ma
ion of chewers. College boys, col ol
ege girls. clergymon, professional ol
men of all kinds, ladies of fashion, ct
and those of no fashion. all chew e'
gum, so the druggists and confec- re
TONERS keep it for sale.
BRACE UP. :.